Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the present invention is described in further detail.Be understandable that, specific embodiment described herein is only for explaining the present invention, but not limitation of the invention.It also should be noted that, for convenience of description, in accompanying drawing, only show part related to the present invention but not full content, and size and the size of shown structure in accompanying drawing, not actual or to the size of the proportional structure of reality.
In Fig. 3, the first embodiment of the present invention is shown at Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a kind of organic LED display panel floor map according to first embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is the generalized section along A-A1 direction in Fig. 2 according to a kind of organic LED display panel of first embodiment of the invention, now describes the first embodiment of the present invention in conjunction with Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, described organic LED display panel comprises viewing area A and surrounds the external zones P of described viewing area, is also that the part between outward flange and the A border, viewing area of organic LED display panel is external zones P.Wherein, in the A of viewing area, be provided with organic illuminating element 23, in the P of external zones, be provided with sealant 24, sealing layer is arranged on the neighboring area of organic LED display panel, be arranged in the organic illuminating element of viewing area A in order to sealing, sealant 24 comprises supporting layer 241 and the first adhesive layer 242, the first adhesive layer 242 covers supporting layer 241, in the present embodiment, cabling or other can be set in white space between sealant 24 and viewing area A, for example can be provided with flexible printed circuit board (FPC), integrated circuit (IC) and various holding wires etc.
Particularly, with reference to figure 3, described organic LED display panel comprises first substrate 21, second substrate 22, organic illuminating element 23 and sealant 24, and described sealant 24 comprises supporting layer 241 and the first adhesive layer 242.
Second substrate 22 is oppositely arranged with first substrate 21, organic illuminating element 23 is arranged between first substrate 21 and second substrate 22, the neighboring area of sealant 24 between first substrate 21 and second substrate 22, thereby by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 23 between first substrate 21 and second substrate 22, wherein, organic illuminating element 23 is arranged on first substrate 21, supporting layer 241 is arranged on first substrate 21, and around organic illuminating element 23, the first adhesive layer 242 covers supporting layer 241.
In the present embodiment, first substrate 21 can be transparency carrier, also can be translucent substrate or nontransparent substrate, it can be preferably preferably further tft array substrate, second substrate 22 can be transparent cover plate, further preferably can adopt glass, resin or have the transparent cover plate that functional (as flexibility) material is made.
In the present embodiment, the sealant 24 being made up of supporting layer 241 and the first adhesive layer 242 has stopped the approach that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside, thereby prevent the infringement to organic illuminating element 23 of steam and oxygen, extended the life-span of organic LED display panel.
The height of supporting layer 241 is greater than the height of organic illuminating element 23, prevent that second substrate 22 is pressed onto organic illuminating element 23, in addition, also be provided with and support in organic LED display panel inside, this supports on the first substrate or second substrate that can be positioned at organic LED display panel, in the present embodiment, the object of supporting layer 241 is in order to match with supporting of organic LED display panel inside, thereby make the first substrate 21 of organic LED display panel and second substrate 22 distance each other keep homogeneous, avoid second substrate 22 directly to contact with organic illuminating element 23.
The material of described supporting layer 241 can be rigid material, be preferably flexible material, further, the flexible material of described supporting layer 241 preferably can comprise PETG (Polyethylene terephthalate, PET), PEN (Polyethylene naphthalate, PEN), polyimides (Polyimide, PI), Merlon (Polycarbonate, or polyethylene glycol succinate (PES) PC), these flexible high molecular materials have good mechanical performance, barrier properties for gases, the premium properties such as water proofing property and stability, steam solubility and steam diffusion coefficient are lower, thereby stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside.
The material of described the first adhesive layer 242 preferably can comprise any one material in silicon (Si) or metallic atom or the combination of multiple material; described the first adhesive layer 242 adopts normal temperature process for pressing; at normal temperatures by first substrate 21 together with second substrate 22 vacuum pressing-combinings; and without high temperature process; manufacturing process is being not easy to produce bubble or fine fisssure phenomenon, thereby is conducive to protect the performance of organic LED display panel.Wherein, described normal temperature refers to general temperature or room temperature, and described normal temperature can include, but are not limited to: 5 DEG C-30 DEG C, the vacuum range of described vacuum pressing-combining can be preferably 10
-1pa-10
-8pa, the pressure limit of described vacuum pressing-combining can be preferably 1-1000N.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that supporting layer 241 described in the present embodiment is only for explaining the present invention, but not limitation of the invention.Described supporting layer 241 can be positioned at but not only be positioned at or not must be positioned on first substrate 21, the present embodiment is a preferred embodiment, described supporting layer 241 also can be positioned on second substrate 22, as long as supporting layer 241 is between first substrate 21 and second substrate 22 and around organic illuminating element 23, therefore, should be using the schematic structure in Fig. 2 or Fig. 3 as the restriction to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, also provide a kind of display unit, comprised the organic LED display panel described in above any one embodiment.Wherein, described display unit is computer, mobile phone, Electronic Paper or other display unit.
The organic LED display panel that first embodiment of the invention provides and display unit, by supporting layer being set on first substrate and around organic illuminating element, on described supporting layer, adhesive layer is set, thereby the neighboring area between described first substrate and described second substrate forms sealant, by hermetically sealed described organic illuminating element between described first substrate and described second substrate, and without high temperature process, stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside, extend the life-span of organic LED display panel, improve the product yield of organic LED display panel.
Figure 4 illustrates the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is according to the schematic diagram of a kind of organic LED display panel of second embodiment of the invention; the present embodiment is taking above-described embodiment as basis; as shown in Figure 4; this organic LED display panel comprises first substrate 31, second substrate 32, organic illuminating element 33 and sealant 34, and described sealant 34 comprises supporting layer 341, protective layer 342 and the first adhesive layer 343.
Wherein, protective layer 342 is arranged between supporting layer 341 and the first adhesive layer 343, and covers supporting layer 341 and organic illuminating element 33, the first adhesive layers 343 cover supporting layer 341.
In the present embodiment, the material of described protective layer 342 preferably can comprise silicon dioxide (SiO
2), silicon nitride (SiN), silicon oxynitride (SiON), silicon oxide carbide (SiOC), carborundum (SiC), aluminium oxide (Al
2o
3), any one material in zinc oxide (ZnO) or magnesium sulfide (MgS) or the combination of multiple material; the benefit that increases protective layer 342 is; can further stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate Organic Light Emitting Diode inside, thus protection organic LED display panel.
The organic LED display panel that the present embodiment provides; by increase protective layer in sealant; described protective layer covers supporting layer and organic illuminating element; further stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside; extend the life-span of organic LED display panel, improved the product yield of organic LED display panel.
In a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, described sealant 34 also comprises that the second adhesive layer 344, the second adhesive layers 344 are corresponding with the first adhesive layer 343, and the second adhesive layer 344 is arranged at the inner surface of second substrate 32 and around organic illuminating element 33.
Described the first adhesive layer 343 and the second adhesive layer 344 at normal temperatures by first substrate 31 together with second substrate 32 vacuum pressing-combinings, thereby by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 33 between first substrate 31 and second substrate 32, increase by the second adhesive layer 344, can be on the basis of said structure, better at normal temperatures by first substrate 31 together with second substrate 32 vacuum pressing-combinings.
Described the first adhesive layer 343 and the second adhesive layer 344 can be made up of identical material, also can be made from a variety of materials, in the time of first substrate 31 and second substrate 32 vacuum pressing-combining, need one of them substrate in first substrate 31 or second substrate 32 to tip upside down on another substrate, when the concentration of substrate jointing material after surface activation process of back-off higher than another substrate on the concentration of adhesion-layer materials, make jointing material on the substrate of back-off be difficult for occurring to flow.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that infiltrates organic LED display panel inside by sealant according to the steam of second embodiment of the invention and oxygen; as shown in Figure 5, sealant 34 comprises supporting layer 341, protective layer 342, the first adhesive layer 343 and the second adhesive layer 344.The approach that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside comprises: contacting permeation and parent infiltration, wherein, contacting permeation comprises that steam and oxygen infiltrate and infiltrate from sealant 34 and the contact-making surface of second substrate 32 from sealant 34 and the contact-making surface of first substrate 31, parent infiltrates and refers to that steam and oxygen infiltrate from sealant, in the present embodiment, because the supporting layer 341 in sealant 34 and protective layer 342 adopts the material with low steam solubility and low steam diffusion coefficient, make sealant 34 there is low water vapor permeable rate, therefore the parent permeability of steam and oxygen is low, in addition, due to the first adhesive layer 343 and the second adhesive layer 344 at normal temperatures by first substrate 31 together with second substrate 32 vacuum pressing-combinings, by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 33 between first substrate 31 and second substrate 32, therefore the situation that there will not be substrate breakage or come unglued, therefore the contacting permeation rate of steam and oxygen is low.
In the present embodiment, also provide a kind of display unit, comprised the organic LED display panel described in above any one embodiment.Wherein, described display unit is computer, mobile phone, Electronic Paper or other display unit.
The organic LED display panel that the embodiment of the present invention two provides and display unit; by increase protective layer, the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer in sealant; further stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside; extend the life-span of organic LED display panel; in addition; can make first substrate and second substrate better press together; simplify manufacture craft; reduce production cost, thereby improved the product yield of organic LED display panel.
In Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 a-Fig. 7 d, the third embodiment of the present invention is shown.
Fig. 6 is according to the flow chart of the manufacture method of a kind of organic LED display panel of third embodiment of the invention, Fig. 7 a-Fig. 7 d is according to structural representation corresponding to the each step of the manufacture method of a kind of organic LED display panel of third embodiment of the invention, the method that the third embodiment of the present invention provides comprises that step S31 is to step S34, it should be noted that, it is for the each step of convenient differentiation that the 3rd embodiment names each step with step S31 to step S34, and be not the sequencing that limits each step, in different embodiments of the invention, each step can be adjusted sequencing according to the adjusting of technique.Below in conjunction with Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 d, the each step of S31 to S34 is done to corresponding explanation, in fact, the present embodiment finally forms organic LED display panel as shown in Figure 3 with step S31 to S34 (corresponding to the each structure of Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 d).
Step S31, on described first substrate, form organic illuminating element.
Refer to Fig. 7 a, the first substrate 61 that the present embodiment provides can be tft array substrate, on first substrate 61, form organic illuminating element 63, this organic illuminating element 63 includes OLED and other corresponding members, the process that organic illuminating element 63 is formed on first substrate 61 is prior art, does not repeat them here.
Step S32, on first substrate and around described organic illuminating element, form supporting layer.
Refer to Fig. 7 b, on first substrate 61 and around organic illuminating element 63, form supporting layer 64, particularly, can, by first substrate 61 and around organic illuminating element 63 coating flexible backing material around, irradiate or mode of heating formation supporting layer 64 by ultraviolet ray.
Step S33, on described supporting layer, form the first adhesive layer, wherein, described supporting layer and described the first adhesive layer form sealant, the formation around between described first substrate and second substrate of described sealant.
On supporting layer 64, form the first adhesive layer 65, the first adhesive layers 65 and cover supporting layer 64.
Particularly, refer to Fig. 7 c, can on supporting layer 64, form the first adhesive layer 65, can be by activation processing be carried out in the surface of supporting layer 64, utilize ion beam sputter depositing method on supporting layer 64, to form the first adhesive layer 65.
Described the first adhesive layer 65 and supporting layer 64 form sealant 66, and sealing layer 66 is formed between first substrate 61 and second substrate 62 around, so that by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 63 sealant 66 between first substrate 61 and second substrate 62.
Step S34, by described sealant, described first substrate and second substrate are pressed together, thus by hermetically sealed described organic illuminating element between described first substrate and described second substrate.
Refer to Fig. 7 d, sealant 66 comprises the first adhesive layer 65 and supporting layer 64, by sealant 66, first substrate 61 and second substrate 62 are pressed together, first substrate 61 and second substrate 62 be at normal temperatures together with vacuum pressing-combining, thereby by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 63 sealant 66 between first substrate 61 and second substrate 62.
The manufacture method of the organic LED display panel that third embodiment of the invention provides, stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside, extend the life-span of organic LED display panel, simplify manufacture craft, reduce production cost, improved the product yield of organic LED display panel.
In Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 a-Fig. 9 g, the fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown.
Fig. 8 is according to the flow chart of the manufacture method of a kind of organic LED display panel of fourth embodiment of the invention, Fig. 9 a-Fig. 9 g is according to structural representation corresponding to the each step of the manufacture method of a kind of organic LED display panel of fourth embodiment of the invention, the method that the fourth embodiment of the present invention provides comprises that step S41 is to step S46, it should be noted that, it is for the each step of convenient differentiation that the 4th embodiment names each step with step S41 to step S46, and be not the sequencing that limits each step, in different embodiments of the invention, each step can be adjusted sequencing according to the adjusting of technique.Below in conjunction with Fig. 9 a-Fig. 9 g, the each step of S41 to S46 is done to corresponding explanation.
Step S41, on described first substrate, form organic illuminating element.
Refer to Fig. 9 a.The first substrate 81 that the present embodiment provides can be tft array substrate, on first substrate 81, form organic illuminating element 83, this organic illuminating element 83 includes OLED and other build accordingly, the process that organic illuminating element 83 is formed on first substrate 81 is prior art, does not repeat them here.
Step S42, on described first substrate and around organic illuminating element, form supporting layer.
Refer to Fig. 9 b.On first substrate 81 and around organic illuminating element 83, form supporting layer 84, particularly, can, by first substrate 81 and around organic illuminating element 83 coating flexible backing material around, irradiate or mode of heating formation supporting layer 84 by ultraviolet ray.
Step S43, on described supporting layer and described organic illuminating element, form protective layer.
Refer to Fig. 9 c; utilize ald, physical vapour deposition (PVD), chemical vapour deposition (CVD) or sputtering method to form protective layer 85 on described supporting layer 84 and described organic illuminating element 83; this protective layer 85 covers supporting layer 84 and organic illuminating element 83, and the benefit that increases protective layer 85 is further to have stopped that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside.
Step S44, on described supporting layer, form the first adhesive layer, wherein, described supporting layer, protective layer and the first adhesive layer form sealant, the formation around between described first substrate and second substrate of described sealant.
Refer to Fig. 9 d, on supporting layer 84, form the first adhesive layer 86, particularly, can be by activation processing be carried out in the surface of supporting layer 84, utilize ion beam sputter depositing method on supporting layer 84, to form the first adhesive layer 86.
Supporting layer 84, protective layer 85 and the first adhesive layer 86 form sealant 88; sealing layer 88 is formed between first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 around, so that by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 83 sealant 88 between first substrate 81 and second substrate 82.
In a preferred implementation of the present embodiment, described method also comprises step:
Step S45, form the second adhesive layer at the inner surface of second substrate and around described organic illuminating element; wherein; described the second adhesive layer is corresponding with described the first adhesive layer; wherein; described supporting layer, protective layer, the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer form sealant, the formation around between described first substrate and second substrate of described sealant.
Refer to Fig. 9 e, form the second adhesive layer 87 at the inner surface of second substrate 82 and around organic illuminating element 83, wherein, the second adhesive layer 87 is corresponding with the first adhesive layer 86, in the time that first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 are pressed together, the first adhesive layer 86 and the second adhesive layer 87 fit.Particularly, can be by the inner surface of second substrate 82 be carried out to activation processing, utilize ion beam sputter depositing method to form the second adhesive layer 87 at the inner surface of second substrate 82 and around organic illuminating element 83.
Supporting layer 84, protective layer 85, the first adhesive layer 86 and the second adhesive layer 87 form sealant 88; by sealant 88 by first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 at normal temperatures together with vacuum pressing-combining so that by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 83 between first substrate 81 and second substrate 82.The benefit that increases by the second adhesive layer 87 is, first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 can better be pressed together, thereby improves the product yield of organic LED display panel.
Step S46, by described sealant, described first substrate and second substrate are pressed together, thus by hermetically sealed described organic illuminating element between described first substrate and described second substrate.
Refer to Fig. 9 f; in the time that sealant 88 comprises supporting layer 84, protective layer 85 and the first adhesive layer 86; by sealant 88, first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 are pressed together; first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 be at normal temperatures together with vacuum pressing-combining, thus by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 83 between first substrate 81 and second substrate 82.
Refer to Fig. 9 g; in the time that sealant 88 comprises supporting layer 84, protective layer 85, the first adhesive layer 86 and the second adhesive layer 87; by sealant 88, first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 are pressed together; first substrate 81 and second substrate 82 be at normal temperatures together with vacuum pressing-combining, thus by hermetically sealed organic illuminating element 83 between first substrate 81 and second substrate 82.
The manufacture method of the organic LED display panel that fourth embodiment of the invention provides, further stop that steam and oxygen infiltrate organic LED display panel inside, extend the life-span of organic LED display panel, in addition, can make first substrate and second substrate better press together, simplify manufacture craft, reduced production cost, thereby improved the product yield of organic LED display panel.
Note, above are only preferred embodiment of the present invention and institute's application technology principle.Skilled person in the art will appreciate that and the invention is not restricted to specific embodiment described here, can carry out for a person skilled in the art various obvious variations, readjust and substitute and can not depart from protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, although the present invention is described in further detail by above embodiment, the present invention is not limited only to above embodiment, in the situation that not departing from the present invention's design, can also comprise more other equivalent embodiment, and scope of the present invention is determined by appended claim scope.